38,465 real projects from ISEF, the Canada-Wide Science Fair, JSHS, AJAS, the Calgary Youth Science Fair and the California Science & Engineering Fair — searchable by meaning, and filterable by fair, year, category and award.
AJAS · 2017
Biomedical Engineering (inferred)
Asthma – a chronic lung disease that temporarily inflames and narrows the oxygen-carrying airways – is a common illness that affects 235 million people worldwide. Pressurized metered-dose in…
CSEF · 2017
Chemistry
Objectives/Goals My experiment is trying to see which temperature of water will cause the most resistance in a glow stick sample. Methods/Materials I first cut open the glow stick with a saw…
ISEF · 2017
Embedded Systems
After knowing the hard life of blind people and going through some survey, we recognized blind people’s inconvenience and planned to make some device that can help them. In this study, we ha…
CSEF · 2017
Materials Science (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The goal of my science project was to determine which of six different plastics (polyester, polycarbonate, polypropylene, polyethylene, polystyrene, and ABS) took the longes…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this project was to analyze if bromelain, which is an enzyme, has the ability to improve the feed conversion rates in Buff Orpington chickens. Methods/Materia…
ISEF · 2017
Biochemistry Third Award
Diabetes is a major health concern of many, but it is especially prominent in Native American people. The traditional diet has been replaced with inexpensive, processed food. Perhaps the mos…
CSEF · 2017
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals Build a 360-degree view periscope with no image disorientation, maximum comfort and minimum space requirement. Methods/Materials Materials - Cylindrical wine paper box, Mirr…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics
PURPOSE: Identify the best gas burner as measured by the following qualities: 1) Speed of heating 2) Evenness of heating 3) Amount of scale produced on the steel 4) Functionality of each bur…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals The objective of this experiment is to test alternative, inexpensive materials to design a cost-effective microbial fuel cell (MFC) that can still produce usable amounts of…
CSEF · 2017
Computational Systems & Analysis
Objectives/Goals The aim of this project is to construct a driverless toy car that must avoid obstacles and proceed autonomously from its current location to a target location using a map of…
CSEF · 2017
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The purpose of this experiment is to observe the flammability of different fabrics and how harmful they may be on common fabrics worn daily. Methods/Materials Five types of…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures
Objectives/Goals My project was to determine if I could design an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to fly to a remote area, trap mosquitoes, then return them for scientific testing to help map…
CSEF · 2017
Mathematical Sciences Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals Antibody therapeutics is a growing field of drugs, involving antibodies that specifically target a pathogen inside the body. Designing such high-affinity antibodies mimics o…
CSEF · 2017
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only) Third Award
Objectives/Goals This project is a result of the alarming number of emergency room visits by young adults consuming energy drinks. Most energy drink manufacturers claim that these drinks are…
ISEF · 2017
Chemistry Third Award
Caffeine (1,3,7-Trimethylpurine-2,6-dione), an inexpensive and easily extracted compound from the coffee and tea plants, is a natural pesticide. It is also known that termites cause around 3…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science
Leukotrichia; premature discolouration of hair is a problem amongst youth worldwide, causing depression & reducing the amount of stress controlling hormones. It is caused by wane of melanin.…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics Third Award
A digital simulation tool has been developed for the purpose of investigating the possibility of approximating bicycle traffic systems with a Monte Carlo simulation. Alternative types of tra…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Science Third Award
Objectives/Goals California#s local tide pools are home to thousands of species of organisms that are vital to our aquatic ecosystem. Largely due to human impacts, these ecosystems are becom…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science
In 2016, there were 4 billion people using mobile phones. Most of the people face its battery time problem usually. Manufacturers tried to cope up with this problem by enhancing the charging…
CSEF · 2017
Alternative Energy (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals I wanted to see if I pedaled a bicycle powered generator if it would produce enough electricity to power small electronics and appliances. If successful, this would prove to…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering
Objectives/Goals This project was conducted to determine if a homemade, non-commercial, sump/refugium style filter system could effectively maintain safe water chemistry levels for marine fi…
ISEF · 2017
Earth and Environmental Sciences Second Award
This study investigated for the first time whether ants could serve as a model organism for rapidly screening chemical effects on key social behaviors of honeybees. Current tests of honeybee…
CSEF · 2017
Product Science (Physical) (Junior Division Only) Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals The objective is to test a smartphone microscope and determine the best way to design a functional prototype with multiple applications centered around the prevention and de…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
The magnetosomes are specific organelles of the Magnetospirillum magneticum(Magnetotactic bacteria), representing intracellular chain of magnetite(iron oxide) particles. The magnetotactic ba…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology
Objectives/Goals Group foraging in coral reef fishes has been studied for many years, but the focus has mostly been on the benefits of participation to individual fish. Less is known about t…
CSEF · 2017
Zoology Honorable_mention Award
Objectives/Goals QUESTION: Can juvenile crayfish, Procambarus clarkii, control population levels of the snail Biomphalaria glabrata? PURPOSE: This experiment tested the ability of juvenile c…
CSEF · 2017
Physics & Astronomy
Objectives/Goals The objective of this project is to determine if the light curve of a type 1A supernova compared to the light curve of a stellar mass black hole can help predict that the su…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics Third Award
While Machine Learning has made great strides in predictions, less research has been done on the application of AI to the engineering design. The purpose of this research was to test machine…
CSEF · 2017
Product Science (Biological) (Junior Division Only)
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to better understand and improve simple oral health challenges we face daily regarding the products we use. Methods/Materials Colgate Total mo…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering
Cancer is a big problem for society, increases world-wide. Today there are many efficient cancer treatments, but one of the key problems is that cancer is often detected very late. The proje…